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SG_ZONE

NAME

sg_zone − send SCSI OPEN, CLOSE or FINISH ZONE command

SYNOPSIS

sg_zone [−−all] [−−close] [−−finish] [−−help] [−−open] [−−verbose] [−−version] [−−zone=ID] DEVICE

DESCRIPTION

Sends a SCSI OPEN ZONE, CLOSE ZONE or FINISH ZONE command to the DEVICE. These commands are found in the ZBC draft standard revision 4c (zbc−r04c.pdf).

One and only one of the −−open, −−close and −−finish options can be chosen.

OPTIONS

Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
−a
, −−all

sets the ALL field in the cdb.

−c, −−close

causes the CLOSE ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.

−f, −−finish

causes the FINISH ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.

−h, −−help

output the usage message then exit.

−o, −−open

causes the OPEN ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.

−v, −−verbose

increase the level of verbosity, (i.e. debug output).

−V, −−version

print the version string and then exit.

−z, −−zone=ID

where ID is placed in the cdb’s ZONE ID field. A zone id is a zone start logical block address (LBA). The default value is 0. ID is assumed to be in decimal unless prefixed with ’0x’ or has a trailing ’h’ which indicate hexadecimal.

EXIT STATUS

The exit status of sg_zone is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise see the sg3_utils(8) man page.

AUTHORS

Written by Douglas Gilbert.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014−2015 Douglas Gilbert
This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

sg_rep_zones,sg_reset_wp(sg3_utils)

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